Why does my install of this om my iMac have the traditional NTP and Omnibox drop-down, but my install of the same browser version, same platform, on my MBP has a NTP with Google logo and only 3 thumbs and a different Omnibox UI?

If you go to Users\\appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\ and delete the file "certificate revocation lists" it should fix your omnibox issues. It did for me at least. I've had this issue a few times in the past.

It has been noted to reset Chrome browser when opened from sleep state, also the top address bar and bookmarks are lacking color and definition?, sorta like an 8-bit b/w version... How can we stop an update from happening?, as I was in the middle of typing when my Chromebook decided to update the Dev..??, I always assumed updates were in control of the user not under Googles control..

i'm having huge problems with this release on a fedora core 18 box (64 bits, kept up-to-date). hard to characterize other than 'hangs frequently in different ways'. e.g. opening a new tab will work but the 'most visited' icons do not show up. manually entering a URL does not bring up the specified web page. it just hangs. exiting chrome leaves stale processes. killing them by hand leaves one process spinning in a futex loop. 'kill -9' works on that process. hard to make it happen deterministicaly but it happens *frequently*.